Bronze Drop Handle

Item

Title
Bronze Drop Handle
Inventory Number
A0101
Description
Hoop of bronze of about circular section curving out in form of swans’ necks and terminating in biconical flower buds with real at juncture with hoop with rounded projection at end. Attachment to pot made of flat strip of bronze looped over hoop with two sides placed tightly against one another and with fragment of pot at end.
State of Preservation
Loop and attachment well preserved with some surface pitting; small piece of vessel corroded around edges.
Height
5.75 cm
Base Diameter
0.056 cm
Handle Width
0.05 cm
Length
1.8 cm
Width
4.97 cm
Color
Ca 5G 4/2 (grayish green).
Notes
Slide Coll
Type
adornment
Material
bronze

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